WoW Classic Spotlight: The Ahn'Qiraj War Effort - Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:51:39 -0600Hey everyone! We're back with another Classic Spotlight, where we take a deeper look at events that happened during WoW Vanilla to remember them and get hyped up for the upcoming WoW Classic servers! In this first post of a 2-part series, we're looking at the event that started it all and unlocked the secrets of the qiraji, the Ahn'Qiraj War Effort!

With the upcoming Call of the Scarab event and the recent newfound relevancy of Silithus, we have decided to look at two classic instances:

Exorsus' kill videos have always been amazingly edited and Argus is no different. The video starts off with an amazing introduction that has a fly-through of many bosses and feels very cinematic. The kill video consists of multiple PoVs and is worth a watch!

More updates are also on the way for the PTR legendary token Purified Titan Essence. A future PTR build will increase the number of Wakening Essence needed to purchase one Purified Titan Essence. However, you'll earn Wakening Essence at a faster rate in 7.3.5.

At BlizzCon 2017, it was confirmed that we are retiring the artifact weapons for Battle for Azeroth. Earlier in the 7.3.5 PTR, we datamined a cinematic depicting our weapons soaking the corruption from the Dark Titan's Blade:

When Are Patch 7.3.5 and Allied Race Release Dates? (Speculation) - Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:47:10 -0600There's been a lot of speculation surrounding Patch 7.3.5's release date, especially with datamined, but not testable, Allied Races. In this article, we'll analyze datamined evidence and speculate on when we think 7.3.5 and Allied Races will be playable.

We have dedicated content hubs for both Patch 7.3.5 and Allied Races if you'd like to learn more about these topics!

7.3.5 Release Date

When does Patch 7.3.5 release? We think January 16th is a likely date for the start of Patch 7.3.5.

Synthesizing Legendaries in 7.3.5 Prep - BoA Tokens, Acquiring Wakening Essence - Sun, 07 Jan 2018 18:25:38 -0600In the last PTR Build, we discovered that players will be able to buy Purified Titan Essence using Wakening Essences. We've now confirmed that you are able to receive a BoA Legendary Token from the Purified Titan Essence and confirmed a way for newer characters to get the A Titanic Effort quest, so players can start preparing for 7.3.5 by collecting Wakening Essences.

Darkmoon Faire (January 7th - 13th 2018) - Sun, 07 Jan 2018 13:38:27 -0600The Darkmoon Faire is back in town for one week. With the recent news that each Allied Race will require Exalted with a Legion faction, make sure to get Darkmoon Top Hat and WHEE!, which provide 10% experience and reputation buffs.

Void Elf: Exalted with Argussian Reach

Nightborne: Exalted with The Nightfallen

Lightforged: Exalted with Army of the Light

Highmountain Tauren: Exalted with Highmountain Tribe

You can check your reputation progress in Wowhead's Attunement Tracker.

Rest In Peace Patrick "Vanion" Michalczak - Sun, 07 Jan 2018 11:37:25 -0600It is with a heavy heart that we learned Patrick "Vanion" Michalczak, the founder of popular German fansite Vanion.eu, has passed away on January 2nd, 2018. Out of respect for the family, details are not being shared at the current time and they ask rumors not be spread.

Nightborne Allied Race Now Requires Insurrection Achievement - Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:29:32 -0600In yesterday's update to the 7.3.5 PTR, the requirements to unlock the Nightborne Allied Race have been updated and now require the completion of the Insurrection quest chain and not just the main Good Suramaritan story.

We've updated our Attunement Tracker to include this change. You can find out if you're eligible to unlock the Nightborne and other Allied Races, when they release, using our Attunement Tracker.

If you're new to this series or want to re-visit past posts, you can check out the previous articles right here on wowhead.com

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Retiring Artifact Weapons Cutscene (Spoilers) - Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:20:17 -0600Artifact weapons are getting retired closer to the end of Legion, and in this datamined cutscene, we have an early look at the fate of our weapons. Previously we've posted the voiceover lines and cutscene music, and today we have our first look at the actual cutscene.

Do note that this cutscene is incomplete--it is missing encrypted voice over lines, and any/all details are subject to change before 7.3.5 goes live. Also, spoiler warning.

World of Warcraft 13th Anniversary Art Contest Winners - Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:32:08 -0600Congratulations to the winners of the World of Warcraft 13th Anniversary Art Contest! The grand prize winner, Tim Guo, received an Illdan Statue, Classic Hoodie, and plush, while the runners-up received a plush and Classic Hoodie.

You can find more of Tim Guo's art on ArtStation. From his ArtStation blog for the winning work of art:

This image depicts one of my favorite moments in World of Warcraft, the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj.

As announced in the last show, Panser is stepping down to focus on content efforts outside of Twitch in 2018. Annie is a full-time Twitch streamer who loves collecting achievements and mounts in WoW. Check out her recent BlizzCon 2017 Interview on Class Design and give her a warm welcome!

This build also lets players check if they have completed all the required achievements in-game, to unlock the related Allied Races. Head to the Orgrimmar or Stormwind Embassy and inside, you will find two banners, one for each faction's Allied Race.

To recapitulate, the Journal is the Dream Journal from Ogmot the Mad, a rare NPC located at the Wound in the World. Defeating him drops the readable item, which is composed of ten pages telling about the recent dreams of the ogre.

In the tabs below you can check all the pages from the Journal, both old and new texts. Learn more about the upcoming patch on our Patch 7.3.5 Content Hub.